Egyptians believe in the power of the sunrise. They believe each morning begins not just a new day, but a new world.
To all my librarian friends, champions of books, true magicians in the House of Life. Without you, this writer would be lost in the Dust.
What about a compromise? I’ll kill them first, and if it turns out they were friendly, I’ll apologize.
Fairness does not mean everyone gets the same. Fairness means everyone gets what they need.
The right choice is hardly ever the easy choice.
A general never shows despair. He instills confidence in his troops. He leads them forward, even into the mouth of death.
Life is only precious because it ends, kid.
My goal in the classroom was always to make sure they were having so much fun that they didn’t realize they were learning.
Humans see what they want to see.
Nothing like watching your relatives fight, I always say.
It’s funny how humans can wrap their mind around things and fit them into their version of reality.
If my life is going to mean anything, I have to live it myself.
Knowing too much of your future is never a good thing.
The real world is where the monsters are.
You might as well ask an artist to explain his art, or ask a poet to explain his poem. It defeats the purpose. The meaning is only clear thorough the search.
I have a great deal of sympathy for reluctant readers because I was one. I would do anything to avoid reading. In my case, it wasn’t until I was 13 and discovered the ‘Lord of the Rings’ that I learned to love reading.
I told Tantalus to go chase a doughnut.
Does truth have a moral?
Young people don’t always do what they’re told, but if they can pull it off and do something wonderful, sometimes they escape punishment.
You deal with mythological stuff for a few years, you learn that paradises are usually places where you get killed.